Active KillDisk is a reliable hard disk eraser software created to sanitize data on HDDs, SSDs, and USB disks. This software ensures secure formatting, protecting sensitive information by making recovery impossible. Ideal for professionals, it offers peace of mind with advanced data-wiping technology.
It’s a hard disk drive sanitizing tool and partition eraser utility, DoD 5220.22 M compliant. One Pass Zeros erase method is supported in the freeware version.
Active KillDisk offers a comprehensive suite of features, including data verification, batch processing, email reporting, customizable certificates, and automated system shutdown upon completion. It also effectively detects and resets disk hidden areas (HPA/DCO) and securely wipes all unused disk space without affecting existing data.
USB Plug’n’Play disks are fully supported. Bootable Disk Creator that allows you to boot from CD/DVD/USB into a Windows environment, and erase or wipe out your system disks.
Active KillDisk Desktop delivers industrial-strength disk sanitation capabilities to the consumer market at an affordable price. Highly customizable to fit any environment, Active KillDisk Desktop supports U.S. DoD 5220.22-M erasure standards and enables fully automated operation. This system is indispensable for organizations with stringent data security and compliance needs.
Active KillDisk Features:
- NEW! Active Boot Disk 64-bit boots UEFI Secure Boot systems and legacy BIOS PC
- True parallel erasing/wiping of several disks at the same time
- Users can outline the customized erase methodology using hexadecimal (hex) values and specifying the sample for everyone who goes New!
- Universal Boot Disk Creator for CD/USB media for Windows, Linux & DOS targets
- Latest Active Boot Disk Lite (WinPE-based) and Active LiveCD (Linux-based)
- Portability supplied with settings saved in INI file as a substitute for local registry
- Save Log and Shutdown PC option after erase accomplished
- Ability to send e-mail reviews by way of a pre-configured FREE SMTP account
- A certificate might be displayed after erase/wipe completion and saved as a PDF
- Erase/Wipe Certificate might be custom-made with a Logo and Technician information
- Command-line options added to support certificates and logfile options
- Securely overwrites and destroys all data on physical disks or logical partitions
- Supports IDE / ATA / SATA / eSATA / external USB / SCSI hard disk drives
- Supports Solid State Drives (SSD), LUN, RAID arrays
- Erases partitions, logical drives, and unused disk space
- Supports fixed disks, USB Flash, Floppies, Zip drives, SanDisk, and CompactFlash
- Operates from any bootable media: USB disks or bootable CD/DVD/BD discs
- Supports large-size disks (more than 2TB) and disks having 4kb sector size
- Supports Batch mode (might be run from the Command Line with no user interplay)
- Scans NTFS/FAT/exFAT/HFS+/UFS/UDF/Ext2/Ext3/Ext4 volumes, displays files & folders
- Data verification could also be carried out after erasing is accomplished
- The built-in Hex Viewer allows you to examine raw disk sectors and file clusters
- Wipes out NTFS/FAT/exFAT/HFS+/ExtFs volumes from areas containing deleted and unused data
- Wipes out free clusters
- Displays detected physical disks and partition information
- Wipes out deleted MFT records, Directory entries, and different system records
- Support for previewing and wiping Apple HFS+ and exFAT
What’s new in Active KillDisk 25.0:
Supported Operating Systems:
- Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11 (32-bit, 64-bit).
- Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019, 2022
- Apple OS X 10.12+ or macOS
- Ubuntu 16.04+ or similar KDE, Gnome, or other Desktop
